What will the climate be like in the year 2500? Provocative new science: mid-West wheat fields transformed to tropical palms and grassland scrub where the mighty Amazon rainforest once stood. Lead author Chris Lyon takes us deeper into the future. Then the great escape: getting off the planet before existential risk ends the human experiment. Calamity Theory" with author Joshua Schuster. Get in the time machine.
Interviews by Alex Smith for Radio Ecoshock
Sound clips: "In the Year 2525" written by Zager & Evans; this is from Venice Beat Remix featuring Tess Timony
Stephen Hawking courtesy of the Smithsonian
Laurie Anderson, Angels album (in 1 hour Ecoshock show)
"After the Gold Rush" Neil Young, final verse.
In the Affiliates version there is a break and re-intro at 30:00 for stations needing to insert station ID or announcements.